RAMA राम : THE TEACHINGS | IN WOODS OF GOD REALIZATION | IWGR | I COME , BLAZING LIGHT ! & THE SHADOWS MUST FLEE . | I am determined to thunder out in your bosom my GODhead , your GODhead , and proclaim it through every deed and movement . | Have you a doubt as to your own Divine Self ? You had better a bullet in your heart than a doubt there . Does your heart fail you ? Pluck it out and cast it from you . Dare to laugh and launch into the Truth . Are you afraid ? Afraid of what ? Of GOD ? Nonsense : Of humans ? Cowardice : Of the Elements ? Dare them : Of yourself ? Know Thyself ; Say I am GOD . RAMA TRUTH

The people accept such a person as an Avtar on account of the high standard of conduct , character and achievements .

You might have observed that when it is unbearably hot , the rains come to give relief to all . So , too , according to the plan of Nature , the Avtars are born on this earth in a particular area and at a time when they are needed most . This is the Law of Nature .

QUERY : Can you call our Hazrat Mohammad Saheb ( pbu ) as an Avtar ?

RAMA : Yes . Hazrat Mohammad ( pbu ) is an Avtar , who was needed the most in Arabia , and , therefore , was made to be born in that area .

ln that period the Arabians were steeped in primitive ideas and ignorance . The Arabs were divided and segregated due to disagreement and disunity among themselves .

It was Hazrat Mohammad ( pbu ) who , with extraordinary will-force and faith in GOD , united the Arabs and converted them into a strong nation .

It was a great miracle of Mohammad Saheb ( pbu ) .

QUERY : Why do the Hindus take as an Avtar , the fish , the turtle and even the pig . What philosophical significance does this have ?

RAMA : The history of this earth , which , in fact , is the history of evolution explains the mythology of the Hindus in this respect .

The Hindu scriptures hold that this earth is the child of the sun . It only means that this earth is a piece of the sun , which separated from it billions of years ago .

Even the modern science has corroborated this finding of the Hindu scriptures .

When this earth separated from the sun , it was just a ball of fire . Slowly and slowly as it cooled down , it shrank , with the result that at some places deep depressions were formed and , at others , high mountains appeared with towering peaks .

After millions and millions of years , these deep pits or depressions were filled with rain water and with rivers from the mountains , forming the ocean .

This goes to show that billions of years ago , this earth was mostly covered with water . The most mobile animal moving and swimming in this water was in the form of a fish .

Therefore , at the time of the original creation , fish , being the most active living being , was accepted as the first Avtar on this earth . At that time fish was the biggest living manifestation of GOD on the earth .

When the water on the earth began to dry up gradually , another animal which was evolved was in the form of a turtle .

This animal could live both in water and on dried land .

Fish can live only in water . It would die in the outside air , while the turtle can live both under water and outside it . It can swim in water and also walk on the earth , though slowly . For this reason , the turtle was found to be more evolved animal than the fish .

It was taken to be the second Avtar .

After this , when the earth further dried up , marshy and swampy lands appeared with bog , quag , mud etc . Dense forests began to grow .

By this time another animal , the boar had evolved , which could not only swim in water and live on marshy ground , but could also run swiftly on this earth in forests . The turtle could only creep on the earth , but this animal , called boar , could also run swiftly on the solid earth .

In the process of evolution , the boar was then the highest evolved animal of its time .

Therefore , the boar was also taken to be an Avtar of that period .

ln this way , the wheel of evolution continued to advance onwards . The philosophy or the theory of Avtar is based on the theory of evolution .

In this process , quite a number of Avtars have come to this earth from time to time , according to the particular call and necessity of that period .

The main Avtars after the boar are Narsingh , Bavan , Parus-Ram , Rama , Krishna and Buddha .

All these great people , called Avtars , were separate but indispensable links in the chain of human evolution . They had special significance and purpose for which they had been sent by Nature to this world .

ln future , too , Avtars will continue to come to this earth , according to the need of the time .

The theory of Avtar is based on the irrefutable inferences of the modern science .

According to the Hindu philosophy , the Avtar appears only in that being or person in whom the attributes , the conduct and the nature of GOD have clearly descended to meet the requirements of that time .

ln other words , an Avtar is the greatest personality of that particular period and the area .

The great Sant Kabir has beautifully described this Avtar theory in a few words :

" Though my GOD is present in everything and there is nothing where GOD is not . Yet , l adore only that person in whom GOD has clearly manifested Itself . "

Therefore , the more one displays GODly attributes , the greater GOD's manifestation through one .

ln other words , the more GOD-Realized a person is , the greater Avtar one would be called .

The Muslims call such a person as Auliya , Pir , or a Prophet .

But a Hindu , calls such a person an Avtar . This is in a nutshell the Avtar Theory .

QUERY : We are very thankful to you for clearing our doubts about Avtar .

The subject of tonight's discourse is very abstruse , very difficult . Only those will be able to follow it thoroughly who are already somewhat acquainted with Philosophy . To Rama it makes no difference whether all of you go away fatigued and disgusted , or the whole world comes to listen .

If you are given a mathematical problem and are asked to draw a conclusion , all the premises , the whole hypothesis you will have to consider . How can you solve a problem correctly when you take up only a part of the data ?

Vedanta requires you to get rid of this lower nature , this ignorance . Burn this ignorance , burn this lower egoism , burn this lower selfish nature which makes a hell of your body and let in the fire of knowledge .

Rama has written in simple language , the ordinary thoughts and ideas that satisfy the mind and show the Divine Vision to the writer both within and without . The whole world shining like the diamond is becoming the Divine Ocean .

IWGR | TOC | VOL I | Happiness Within | Expansion Of Self | The Infinite In The Finite | The Sun Of Self On The Wall Of Mind | The Real Self | Sin : Its Relation To Atman | Prognosis & Diagnosis Of Sin

" Hammer on ! hammer on ! " is the first principle of success . Without work you can never succeed . A lazy person is bound to perish in the " struggle for existence " , one cannot live , one must die .

Rise to the GOD-Consciousness to such a degree that for you your past relations may become a complete blank . . . Your relation to the world should become the relation of GOD to the world ; an entire change .

From one point of view , mind and intellect are not Brahman ; but on the other hand , mind and intellect are nothing else but Brahman , even the body is nothing else but Brahman , and Everything in the world is nothing else but Brahman .

Can you transfer your consciousness ? Put it here , your consciousness should sit here . Can it sit here ? Now it is inside your body . It is operating through the body and you are seeing through the aperture of your eyes and then perceiving a person like me here .

Immanuel Kant is said to have been woken up by Hume from " dogmatic slumber " and brought about a " Copernican revolution " in the field of philosophy . In Kant we begin to reap the ripe fruits of philosophy , for it is here that it shows signs of its having reached maturity and full development .

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PRABODHASUDHAKARA | THE NECTAR OCEAN OF ENLIGHTENMENT | PART 2 | DEVOTION | SRI ADI SANKARACARYA | TRANSLATION & BHASYA BY SAMVID | PSNOE SERIES || The devotional fervour which the author exhibits in the four concluding sections of this work would appear to be in sharp contrast with the author's relentless pursuit of truth through rational enquiry , found in the earlier sections .

I am composing the Atmabodha , or Self-Knowledge , to serve the needs of those who have been purified through the practice of austerities, and who are peaceful in heart , free from cravings , and desirous of Liberation .

One who has one's mind Self-absorbed through Yoga , and who has the vision of sameness everywhere , sees this Self existing in everything , and everything in one's Self . | One who sees Me in everything , and sees all things in Me — I do not go out of one's vision , and one also is not lost to My vision .

Some minds with too much self reliance in themselves , and without considering the true nature of things , give them different forms and colours , according to their own conceptions and opinions , though far from truth .

VOL 1 | BOOK II | CHAP XVII | VERSE 10 | ON THE CONTENTS OF THE WORK | IT CONTAINS SIX BOOKS all fraught with sentences full of reason , and each distinct from the other in its import . It has many verses containing chosen examples on all subjects .

DANGEROUS HABIT OF CONSTANT SELF JUSTIFICATION | To go on claiming this so-called freedom , which is no more than a subjection to certain ignorant cosmic forces , is to indulge in a blind contradiction and to claim the right to lead a double life

Imagination in the mind always exaggerates . Exaggeration is a modification of lie . Aspirants should not exaggerate . They should utter words with mathematical and scientific precision . An aspirant is asked to give up company and observe Mouna .

MahaBhava is a Divine Ecstasy . It shakes the body and mind to their very foundation . It is like a huge elephant entering a small hut . The house shakes to its foundation . Perhaps it falls to pieces .

Athato bhaktim vyakhyasyamah | 1. Now , therefore , we shall teach Bhakti , or the Religion of Divine Love . 2. Now , therefore , I will try to explain the process of devotional service . 3. Now , therefore , the doctrine of devotion we shall expound .

Rama has written in simple language , the ordinary thoughts and ideas that satisfy the mind and show the Divine Vision to the writer both within and without . The whole world shining like the diamond is becoming the Divine Ocean .

OM! In Humans , The Past exists only in memory , which is retention , replaying , reconfiguration of stories , fantasies , fiction ; The Future is expectation and fantasy : These thoughts play in The Present , creating a false sense of continuity of personality — Nothing but DREAMING it is .|| SSSV 32.3 ||